aci ic citizen (65t P06tpald) National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League News 91:n Stand: MIJ- 11 2.477 Vol. 106, No. 12 ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 626-6936 Friday, March 25,1988 Reagan's Civil Rights Veto Census Bureau Reverses Plan Overridden to Lump Asian Americans Together WASHINGTON - On March 22, the WASHINGTON - In reversal of its One issue Matsui intends to raise U.S. Senate and House of Rep res en• previous plan, the U.S. Census regards the timeliness of making tatives voted to override President Bureau says it will now conduct a ceusus data available. Reportedly, Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Re• complete and detailed count of valuable infonnation from the 1980 storation Act The ac~ which re• Asian Americans and Pacific Islan• census concerning Asian Amer• verses the Supreme Court's ruling ders in its 1990 census, Rep. Robert icans and Pacific Islanders has still in the 1984 case of Grove City College T. Matsui CD-Calif.) announced not been made available to the pub• v. BeU, applies federal anti-discrimi• March 17. lic. Matsui's bill includes a time re• nation laws to institutions if any part The recent decision reverses the quirement for public disclosure. of them receives federal aid. Presi• bureau's earlier plan not to tabulate At a March 18 press conference, dent Reagan had vetoed the legisla• Asian subgroups for its 1990 census held at the Cockatoo Inn in Haw• tion on March 16. from the questionnaire it sends out thorne, Calif., Rep. Mervyn Dymally Accepted by a vote of 78 to 13 in to every household. The bureau ex• CD-Calif.) also heralded the bW'eau's the Senate and a vote of 292 to 133 Photo By Martie Quan pected to rely on information from decision as a "major victory." Dy• in the House, the legislation over• SATISFACTION-Rolling Stone executive editor Robert Wallace ap• its sample questionnaire, which mally, who chairs the U.S. House turns the Supreme Court ruling by peared with Korean American Coalition President Yoon Hee Kim after only goes to one in every six house• Subcommittee on Census and Popu• amending Title VI of the Civil Rights an agreement was negotiated to reconcile problems caused because holds. The effect would have been lation, is one of the original co-spon• Ac~ Title IX of the Education of perceptions of insensitivity caused by the article "Seoul Brothers." a lumping of all Asian Americans sors of H.R 3828. He and Rep. Nor• Amendments, the Rehabilitation and Pacific Islanders into one cate• man Mineta CD-Calif.) are credited Act and the Age Discrimination Act gory. by Matsui as being instrumental to Grove City College v. Bell Asian Americans Get Critics of the initial decision had the bureau's recent decision. Dy In the case of Grove City College v. charged that in order for govel1l• mally, however, expressed caution Bell, the court had held that federal ment agencies and private organiza• in calling the matter closed. The laws barring discrimination do not 'Satisfaction' From Rolling Stone tions to improve on the delivery of bureau may only count the larger apply to entire institutions, but only LOS ANGELES - A mutually satis• 1988. The internship program will social services to specific Asian subgroups of Asian Americans, said to the program or activity receiving factory agreement between the be established and implemented groups a complete and accurate Dymally. "We [still] need to be sure federal aid. This ruling had re• . Asian American Community Coali• with the cooperation of the Asian census count of each subgroup was that some of the smaller groups are versed previous interpretations, tion and RoUing Stone magazine was American Jowl1alists Association necessary. In December, Matsui in• also counted." which held that federal anti-dis• negotiated March 15 as a result of (AAJA). troduced legislation to force the Among those applauding the crimination laws applied to the en• an article published in the Feb. 11, The last point of the agreement bureau to conduct a complete count bureau's reversal are Reps. Barbara tire institution if any part of it re• 1988 issue of the magazine. The arti• calls for Rolling Stone to publish a by separate ethnic groups. His bill, Boxer CD-Calif.) and Nancy Pelosi ceived federal aid. cle, "Seoul Brothers," raised the ire full page of letters to the editor H.R 3828, has already gained bipar• CD-Calif.), both co-sponsors of Although the Grove City ruling of Korean and other Asian Amer• strictly on the topic of the "Seoul tisan SUppOlt of more than 40 mem• H.R3828. dealt directly only with Title IX of icans because the author, P.J. Brothers" article. The letters page bers of COngress. the Education Amendments of1972, O'Rourke, wrote that Koreans" ... is set to appear within a month and Thursday's decision, said the con• Said Boxer: ''It pleases me that which prohibited sex discrimina• really do all look alike." The satiri• a half from March 15 and will also gressman, was an "excellent de• the Census Bureau has responded tion, the ruling also affected other cal article also made fun of Korean include an apology from RoUing velopment for justice." to community and congressional federal anti-discrimination laws. food and the sound of the Korean Stone for publishing the article. "Given the facts, the Census calls for a full, accurate and honest These include the Civil Rights Act language Community Representatives Bureau made the only decision it census count of Asian Americans. It of 1964, which prohibited discrimi• Three-Point Agreement Appearing at the meeting on be• could have and that was to eliminate is essential that a full count be con• nation based on race; the Rehabili• Part one of the three-point agree• half of Rolling Stone was its execu• its original plan," said Matsui. "1 ducted so that these citizens can be tation Act of 1974, which prohibited ment calls for a minimum of 2 arti• tive editor, Robert Wallace. Appear• commend its decision makers for represented and their special needs discrimination against disabled cles--one on Koreans, the other on ing as key negotiators at the meeting acknowledging the serious impact be addressed." persons; and the Age Discrimina• Korean Americans-tG run within a were Yoon Hee Kim, president of that accurate data has on the com• Pelosi stated, ''1 applaud Con• tion Act of 1975, which prohibited year of March 15, with suggestions the Korean American Coalition; munity. gressman Matsui in hi successful discrimination against the elderly. on the topics and authors coming Richard Han, president of the Occi• "Before we can claim complete attempt to ensure that all Asian and Because these laws applied only to from the Asian American Commu• dental College Korean Students As• victory, there are further issues and Pacific American are included in recipients of federal aid, the Grove nity Coalition. Part one also pro• sociation; and Tor.g Suhr, past pres• que tions I plan to discuss with the the censu . Because of Mr. Matsui, City ruling meant that institutions vides for an ongoing commitment ident of the Korean American Bar bureau," he continued. "But at this the e Americans wil be counted such as schools, hospitals and from Rolling Stone 'to cover Asian As ociation. time it appears to be a very positive with full recognition of their ethnic businesses would have to halt dis• American issues on an on-going Also attending the meeting were development" heritage." crimination only in those specific basis," as well as a commitment to U-Sang Kim of the Korean youth programs receiving federal aid. educate the magazine's staff on such Center; Stewalt Kwoh of Ole Asian They could, thus, discriminate in issues. Pacific American Legal Center; NEWS IN BRI,EF other divisions of the same institu• Pal1. two calls for Rolling Stone to Young Lim of the Korean American tions. commit itself to establishing an on• Coalition; John Saito of the Pacific Reagan Vetoes Bill going, paid intemship program for Southwest District Council of the N.Y. Anti-Asian Fliers Reappear In his veto message, Reagan Asian American joul1lalism stu• JACL; and Bill Sing, pa t national NEW YORK - Sparked by a second wave of anti-Asian fliel , the outh COntinued on page 3 dents, set to begin in the summer of president of the AAJA Brooklyn Committee of the Coalition Again t Anti- sian Violence met March 2 with tile Brooklyn District Attorney' office. the directOl of the Investigations Bureau, Citizen Action Center and Community Relations to S. 1009 Still discuss concems of Asian re idents. The most recent fliers, signed by a John Rus 0, asked people to "please boycott Oriental Stores." The fiTSt appearance of fliers with anti-Asian On Senate Agenda sentiments repOltedly numbered 700,000 and occwTed over four month By Grayce Uyehara ago. WASHINGTON, D.C. - In pite of concel1lS that S. 1009 has been stal• L.A. Human Relations Conunission Supports S.1009 led in the Senate, the bill i on the Senate calendar of business for the LOS ANGELES - In an atticle printed in the pring 1988 In Touc~ the week of March 21. On March 17,Mik newsletter of the Los Angeles County Commi ion on Human Relation , Masaoka, Washington liaison for Go the Commission has 1 commended that the Los Angeie Boat'd of Super.. for Broke, Inc., reported to the visors UppOlt S. 1009. The atticle stated, "The Commi ion on Wattime JAClrLEC office a conversation Relocation in 1983 accurately atld completely described the e:clu iOll, with Sen. Alan Cranston CD-Calif), r location and intel1lment ofJapane e Americatl and individual of.<\leut majority whip and an original spon• ancestry." It also stated, 'The ounty Commi ion Oil Human Relation ha sor and stalwart sUPPOlter of re• recommended that the Boat'd of Sup rvisors sUPPOli S. 1000." dress. Masaoka wa told that S. 1009 will be scheduled for a Senate vote. Wilson Votes Against Kennedy Imntigl-atiollS Act Cranston said, "For the first time, the Senate leadership has S. 1009 on WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Pete Wilson (R-Calif.) vot d again t Ole Ken• the ShOlt agenda list" nedy/Simpson Immigration Act on March 15, citing chang in the fifth According to Masaoka, "1'his preferenc category as unfair and anti-family. Wil on strongly objected to means we are scheduled and we the proviSion of the bill restricting fifth pre{! rence vi a to ulllnanied Pacillc CItizen Photo By George Johnston should receive notification soon on brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens, even tilOugh the status of thos AAPAA HONORS INOUVE-The Association of Asian Pacific Amer• the date. There is still the pos ibility who have already applied for a vi a before the bill \Va adopted will not ican Artists (AAPAA) bestowed its Lifetime Achievement Award upon of filibuster, but the decision is to change. WilsOll believes the reduction in the numb r of vi a arsilable Sen. Daniel Inouye for his impact as a positive role model March 23 go ahead." under this categolY will severely linlit tile chances for thos individual' to atthe Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills atthe AAPAA Media Awards. COnUnued on PIlI 7 . obtain visas. 2~ACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, March 25, 1988 ~~- ~~~~~- --~-~---~ - I ----- No.2,4n f L.A. Dinner I AirOw 6 weeks adVance ~otlce to re~rt ad~r8S8 change with label on front I I If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, I to HonorJA I Write New Address below. Effective date ...... - ...... I Vietnam Veterans I Please send the Pacific Citizen for: I I 0 1-Yr $20 0 2-Yrs $38 03-Yrs $56 I LOS ANGELES - The Japanese American Vietnam Veterans Din• 1:~~r~~·~ ; · ··:: : :: :: ::: : :: ::: :: :: :: ::: :: :: ::: :: : : : :: : : : :::::::: : ::::: :: :::: : :::::: : : : :: :: :::: :::: ::: : : : :: :: : :: : ~ : : i ner Committee in co-sponsorship with Keiro Health Services, a charit• I City. :'~~~bS;:~iO~~' ~~;~bi~ 'i~ ' ~d;~~~~ : " ;;~~~i~~ : " US$12.00~~;;;;;;;~;;; " "" · J able, nonprofit organization, will be I Checks payable to: PacHlc Citizen. 941 E. 3rd St.. Los Angelea, CA 90013 I holding a testimonial dinner, "Born I, EXPIRATION NOTICE ....U !he last 'our digils on the top 'ow of your tabet ,_ 0311, the 6Oi'ay grat. I. in the U.S.A: A Salute to Japanese period ends with the tast lasue In May. 1988. PIeaa",enew yoursubscrlptlon ormerntfershlp. ifmemberahlp American Vietnam Veterans and •• has been ,enewed and the paper stops. notify the PC office. . J. Vincent Okamoto," on June 2, 7:30 ~------p.m., at the Bonaventure Hotel, 404 S. Figueroa The event publicly recognizes Challenger Families' Settlements Disclosed Americans of Japanese descent who answered the call to duty during WASHINGTON - According to Jus• Department documents are: America's longest and most contro• tice Department documents re• versial war. Two Japanese Amer• leased March 7, the family of the late - The four families used no icans won the Medal of Honor in Lt Col Ellison Onizuka, crew lawyers in the negotiations but re• Vietnam, ninety-eight died there member of the 1986 Challenger lied on informal advice from Leo B. and fIfteen are still listed as "MIA," space shuttle disaster, will receive Lind, Jr., the law partner of missing-in-action. McAuliffe's husband and executor THI~oey part of a $7.7 million settlement RE P. Manlapaz (I) of Washington, D.C., recently Selected as the Veterans repre• In an agreement reached fifteen of her estate. _ presented Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) with an oil portrait of sentative honoree is Vincent months ago, the Onizuka family and --The Justice Department did all himself. Manlapaz, a Filipino American, eventually hopes to complete Okamoto. He is founder, chairman three other families of Challenger negotiating for Morton Thiokol as a series of portraits of all of the Asian American members of Congress. and C.E.O. ofPacillc Heritage Bank crew members agreed to the settle• well as the government Lind said and one of the most highly deco• ment, which will be paid in long• in an affidavit that no member of Nikkei Women Photo Exhibit Planned rated Japanese Americans of the term, interest-bearing accounts. any of the families spoke with com• Vietnam conflict Winning thirteen The federal government will pay pany representatives. SAN FRANCISCO - The National and significant exhibit about which combat decorations, Okamoto is the approximately $3,094,(XX), with Mor• -Although the Justice Depart• Japanese American Historical Soci• we're very excited," said Rosalyn recipient of, among other awards. ton Thioko, Inc., expected to pay ment takes the position that the gov• ety (NJAHS) has announced plans Tonai, NJAHS administrative direc• the Distinguished Service Cross, the $4,641,(XX). Morton ThiokoL Inc., is ernment may not be sued by sur• for a fall opening of a photo exhibit tor and staff coordinator for the pro• nation's second highest award for the maker of the space shuttle's vivors of military or federal civilian on the history of Japanese Amer• ject "We have both a fascinating valor. solid-fuel booster rockets. A presi• employees who die on duty, it contri• ican women. It will be the first subject matter that's been ignored The event is being co-chaired by dential commission blamed the buted 40 percent of each of the set• exhibit of its kind on the subject, too long and an outstanding group George Aratani, Tom Fujimoto and shuttle's explosion on a jet of hot tlements. Only the Jarvis and according to the Historical Society. of women to help develop it," she Tom Okamura Proceeds will be gas that leaked through a joint in a McAuliffe relatives had a right to The exhibit, which will be spon• added. used to establish a memorial plaque booster rocket sue the government; all the as• sored by NJAHS, is being planned "In fact," she concluded, "some of at the Japanese American National The families stand to receive tronauts' families could sue Morton and developed by a commuruty the women on the committee should Museum honoring the Japanese more than $7.7 million because pay• Thiokol based committee of Japanese Amer• probably be included in the American Vietnam veterans. The ments from the annuities, which ac• The other three astronauts who ican women from the San Francisco exhibit" balance of the funds will be donated crue interest, are stretched out over died in the JaIL 28, 1986, explosion Bay area In addition to Tonai, committee to Keiro Health Services to estab• many years. The total amount the were Ron McNair, Judith Resnik At its frrst meeting, the committee members attending the first meet• lish a wing at the Japanese Retire• families will receive and the break• and Michael J. Smith. Their families worked with the conceptual para• ing were: ment Home in Los Angeles in mem• down by family were not released. have filed separate suits, all against meters for the exhibit Much of the Morton Thiokol only. Anne Saito Howden, Chizu Iiyama, Mei ory of the late Justice and 11. Col Settlements involving cash pay• discussion focused on the general Nakano. Patty Wada, Peggy Saika, Dianne John F. Aiso. ments plus the annuities were Onizuka, a native of Kealakekua, concepts to be developed into Yamashiro-Omi, Janice Kawamoto Karen Dinner tickets are priced at $100 reached with the families of Hawaii, is swvived by his wife. exhibit form and on the philosophi• Kai, Kathleen Hirooka, Daisy Satoda, Kiku per person and $1.(XX) per table of Onizuka, 39, mission specialist and LQrna, and two children, Janelle, 18 cal perspectives of Japanese Amer• Funabiki, and Haniet Ishimoto. ten. A special attempt is being made the first Japanese American in and Darien, 12. 'ican women in a tri-generational The committee is soliciting any to contact all of the Japanese Amer• space; Dick Scobee, 46, spacecraft past photographs that may have rele• icans who served in Vietnam and commander; Gregory JaIVis, 41, -Taken from reports published in the Although the Historical Society vance for the women's exhibit from the families who lost loved-ones in payload specialist; and Christa Hokubei Mainichi and. Rafu has a number of useful photographs the Japanese American community. the war. McAuliffe, ~ , a Concord, N.H., high Shimpo. already in its archival collections, Anyone willing to provide photo• For more information, contact school teacher who was to be one of the major tasks facing the graphs for consideration (either on Tom Okamura, (213) 540-3060; Ron America's first private citizen in ' THINKING -6F MOVING TO -or N-' committee will be to collect enough loan or as a donation), please con• Wasserman, (213) 540-3315; or Sumi space. VESTING IN NEVADA, especially ~ Las Vegas? - additional photos from any sources tact Rosalyn Tonai at the NJAHS Shimazaki, (213) 1501 Other disclosures of the Justice Contact Susan, Realtor Broker available to allow for an adequate office in San Francisco, 1855 Folsom Realty 500. SUnshine Realty, l.ibeI'• selection process. It's expected that St, Room 161, San Francisco, 94103 ace Plaza, 1nS E. 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CA 9IlNI (lI31510·0110 Friday, March 25, 1988 I PACIFIC CITIZEN-3 Scholarships For UCLA-Bound JAs Available LOS ANGELES - The UClA Nik• to those who will be starting their cords of community service and in• kei Student Union Scholarship college careers at the campus begin• terest in their culture. Awards ra nge Fund, a new community seIVice pro• ning in fall of 1988. Applicants will from $250 to $500. ject of the UCLA Nikkei Student be judged on their interest and par· All applications will-be reviewed Union (NSU), is currently seeking ticipation in community service pro• by a committee comprised of prom• donations which will be used to grams, an essay question dealing inent members of the Los Angeles award scholarships to deservingJa• with Japanese American history Japanese American community, the panese Americans entering UClA and culture, and scholastic achieve• UCLA Asian American Studies Formed in 1981, the NSU aims to ments. Center and the UCLA Asian Pacific promote the history and culture of Unlike most scholarships, which Coalition, in addition to members of Japanese Americans, encourage look at academic success first, the the UCLA Nikkei Student Union. student involvement in the Japa· NSU Scholarship focuses primarily Although scholarships are availa• nese American community and pro• on students who show exemplary re- Continued on page 6 vide support services for Japanese American students at UCLA. The NSU is also committed to serving WOMEN WRITERS-Pacific Asian American Women Writers-West the Japanese American and general. recently received a Brody Arts Grant to develop a larger audience for Asian Pacific communities. their dramatic readings. In September 1987, the group produced Asian According to Ken Wada, NSU Women: Through the Minefie/ds at the L.A. Downtown Hilton Hotel. president, recent community pro• jects of the union include volunteer• ing for various projects of the Japa• Korean Americans Ask ~ nese American National Museum and precinct canvassing for Warren Furutaoi's successful campaign for L.A. County Deputies Shoot the Los Angeles Board of Education. Community 'Involvement' The NSU scholarship, which was and Kill Korean Man created in June of 1987, aims "to pro• LOS ANGELES - After leading Los manding he exit with his hands up, mote student involvement in the Angeles Count)' sheriffs deputies Lee shifted into reverse, causing de• community," said NSU President on a l~mile chase which ended in puties to jump out of the way. Ken Wada. "We would like to recog• a dead-end street in Long Beach on Four of the deputies fired 15 nize the efforts of those individuals March 7, 21-year-old Hong Pyo Lee rounds bto Lee's car. After hitting who work toward the benefit of our ON CAMPUS-U.S. Rep. Robert Matsui (center) recently met with was shot nine times by deputies as a fenc~ and coming to a stop, Lee community." members of the UCLA Nikkei Student Union (NSU). The Democrat is he apP!ll'6ntly tried to run them was removed from his car, handcuf• The scholarship is being offered a member of the UCLA NSU Scholarship Fund's Advisory Board. down. fed behind his back and laid face The chase began after Lee, ofCer• down on the ground, where he soon died. A hashish pipe with an unde• ritos, was spotted by sheriffs de• 'The arguments we were hearing puties running a stop sign near Lyn• termined residue was found in Lee's CIVIL RIGHTS ACT force chuTe-hes to hire a "homosex• ual drug addict with AIDS as a against this bill were similar to the wood. Instead of stopping, Lee left car. A coroner's report later re• Continued from front page the scene and was pursued along vealed fl.·aces of cocaine in Lee's teacher or youth pastor." ones we were hearing against civil 'Flat-~)Ut rights for 20 years," said Matsui. surface streets and the Artesia blood. stated that the act would "vastly and Argnments Lies' Freeway by five deputies from the unjustifiably expand the power oJ In a statement released March 22, 'They were flat out lies. It is unfor• Lynwood station, two Long Beach Korean Americans Angered the federal govemment over the de• Rep. Robert Matsui, who supports tunate that some organizations had cisions and affairs of private organi• the legislation, said that "overriding taken it upon themselves to mislead police officers, as well as a sheriff's Ten days later, on March 17, about helicopter. zations, such as churches and the veto was paramount in prevent• a portion of the Amelican public the 100 marchers gathered outside the synagogues, farms, businesses and ing federal dollars £i'om buying dis• way they did on this issue. I am Cocaine in Blood Los Angeles County Lynwood state and local govemments." His in• crimination." pleased that justice prevailed." After Lee came to a stop, the five Sheriff's Station to protest Lee's troduction at the time of a substitute deputies, who stopped. their cars death. Many of the marchers believe bill was called a "sham" by his op• 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 about 17 feet behind Lee's cal', o 0 that the shooting death was racially position. 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Iki:-;dmllt'l; B B 11l1ill'd ' tlllt's Amhassatiol' 10 .I11pun , W()l·6(' B JACL Credit Union 0 JOIN o $UU}5 / 0 . 6~8 - ()6:" : lM) o 0 J1J~;T FILL Alaska's interior from Anchorage to Nome, Thanks to pean cities in accordance with their that Arab people have joined the Using phrases like "such time as USA TODAY, it has been in the news in recent weeks as Susan Butcher, 34, native spelling even though the Black slaves and the ''yellow peril" all the facts are known" is a transpa• mushed her dog team over the finish line after 11 days, 11 hours and 41 minutes Europeans use a similar alphabet as the latest in a long line of victims rent dodge which is a direct reaction to win her third consecutive race-the first person to do so. The energetic (Slavs excepted) to ours. Would we of American bigotry and racism. to fear of being labeled un-Amer• woman who breeds and trains huskies for running long distances is talking recognize Florence, Venice, Col• The U.S. has often succeSsfully di• ican. Exactly what facts are we ex• about entering again next March to win in the record-breaking time of 10 days. ogne or Vienna as Firenze, Venezia, vided people of color by pitting one pecting to emerge before we take a Her record of 11 days, 2 hours, 5 minutes and 13 seconds was made in 1986. .Koln, or Vienna? Most of us group against another. In 1943, many stand against injustice. lditarod Trail was an unsurveyed inland waste to a mining camp named wouldn't. So. why cater to the PRC? groups refused to deal with the issue As Congressman George Crockett lditarod, midway between Anchorage and Nome in the mountains until an Issei Japan had (has ?) a similar move• of Executive Order 0066 and the - said, "Every lawyer who defended in Alaska was asked to establisH the route. ment like the PRC's where words evacuation, waiting until "all the alleged communists or fifth amend• And who was he? This incredible story of Jujiro Wada (1872-1!m), who had been staked by citizens of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula during the 1900-1910 like "chichibu" would be spelled facts are known." The NAACP is ment liberals in the McCarthy era, gold stampede to establish a trail to lditarod, was submitted as a P.e. Holiday ''titibu''. That should die a-boming. proud to be the first civil rights or• every civil rights activist, every Issue feature to be retold It was too long for 191r7. (National Geographic So far as I am concerned. Mao Tse• ganization to object, and it did so judge who made an unpopular deci• Magazine's 1984 map of Alaska shows the trail as a dotted line. It helps to tung has disappeared from history immediately. It recognized the sion against police lawlessness and appreciate the distances Wada had negotiated with his dog teams over Alaska ·and some interloper called Mao symptoms of American prejudice upholding individual rights, and ranging from Nome, Fairbanks to Dawson and Herschel Island in the Arctic Zedong has taken his place. That and had the courage to take an ex• every man or woman involved in the Ocean in the Canadian Yukon.) could happen in China but it tremely unpopular stand The business of defending our constitu• A good part of the story by RN. DeArmond, courtesy Norio Mitsuoka, starts shouldn't happen here. I can foresee American Friends Service Commit• tional right to free speech and as• with recollections of Frank Cotter, news editor for the Alaska Weekly, who had unnecessary confusion in reference tee and the International sembly for the unpopular causes in written about his Issei friend Wada as an exclusive for Jimmie Sakamoto's books and needless waste of time Longshoremen's Union also ob• our society has at one time or Japanese American Courier in 1.!m soon after Cotter had learned his friend had deciphering the new uses of "X's" jected , .. If JACL is not prepared to another been the subject of attacks passed away in San Diego. and '''Cs,'' etc. take the risk of joining with other accusing them of being un-Amer• An abbreviated DeArmond version, "This Is My Country," in the March 1988 SIDGEOYUGE people of color when they are the ican." If that is what we are afraid Alaska magazine dovetails with the cover story on Susan Butcher, now the L<>s Angeles, Calif: victims of discrimination, we are a of, heaven help us and our children. three-time lditarod champ. disgrace to that legacy of courage. Some oppressed people become Because Wada's colorful story ranged up and down the Yukon Territory JACL'Must Guard We were proud of Sen. Inouye as oppressors. We must guard against from Hershel Island to Dawson, the Japanese Canadians have also adopted him the chair of the Iran-contra hear• that. as one of their early pioneers. An unsigned story in the Continental Times 1957 Against Oppression ings ... We were outraged to read New Year issue knew him only as "Alaska" Wada '1t appears that he spent As a member of JACL since 1946, about the scurrilous racial slurs MARYANN MAHAFFEY, ACSW, just as much time in the U.S. as in Canada," the Canadian writer commented, City Council member as Wada frequently visited Vancouver, mushed his dog teams to Fort Norman Detroit, Micb. on gold prospecting trips in the Northwest Territory and down to Edmonton in 1919, when oil was discovered in Alberta at the time. Pre-Convention Info for JACLers Japan s 'Image' Is History buffNorio Mitsuoka, a Seattle Nisei now retired in Orange County, Calif, came to the Pacific Citizen last summer with the exciting yet little known and Recognitions Committee Not the Problem saga of this Issei pioneer in Alaska, whose achievements began before Alaska THE BEAR chaired by Lily Okura and the Na• While I appreciated the basic sen• gained territorial status in 1912. tional Board must approve of the timent expressed in Bill Another P.C. reader in Alaska, Ron Inouye (a Colorado-born Sansei), has FACTS nominee selected from the pool of Hosokawa's column entitled 'Ra• added stories of other Issei pioneers to our files, which also contains a seven-part applications. cial Discrimination Hurts Japan's series of recollections as a youth in Juneau by New York travel agent and Also during February, our office Image," (pc, 2-2(88), I was discon• onetime newspaperman Tooru Kanazawa "nuring his lifetime (Wada) set un• Neal mailed out to chapters nomination certed by his glaring omission ofra• matched records for endurance and survival," Kanazawa summarized Wada Taniguchi packets for National offices. All in• cial discrimination already present was the "most famous". He was a prospector, dog musher, mail carrier and once terested JACL members must sub• was almost lynched by infuriated miners. This incident, DeArmond recalls, in Japan. Japanese of Korean des• made Wada infamous for instigating the midwinter stampede from Dawson to -mit their completed nomination cent have been suffering from wide• Fairbanks in 11m. Some accounts say the miners who didn't like what they The National Convention is four forms and related information to the spread abuse for nearly one found became angry and voted to hang Wada, but threw him out of town instead and a half months away, but this Nominations Committee chaired by hundred years. Wada claimed they never threatened him, but that he left for business reasons. biennial event is fast approaching. Teresa Maebori by May 6, 1988. Of course, the Japanese govern• As DeArmond puts it, Wada was the subject of many newspaper stories I am excited about this convention During March, all chapters re• ment does not recognize these per• after this. His contribution for the Holiday Issue was too long because of these for I have never attended a JACL ceived information regarding resol• sons as Japanese citizens: this is details, but with interest in wake of the lditarod Trail race, it ,ought to be National Convention in any official utions procedures. This packet in• exactly the problem. Regarded as published for the record At least we feel that way ... Meantime, secure a current capacity, although my parents drag• cluded a resolution procedure, re• "aliens," Japanese-born persons of copy of Alaska, hear the call of the last American frontier and be set for an ged me along to the Portland con• solution forms, and a codification of Korean ancestry are subjected to unusual Issei story. vention in 1974. National Council resolutions the dehumanization of fingerprint• While I do not remember much through 1986. AU praposed resolutians ing and are required to carry iden• The Continental Times' Tale about the Portland convention, I do must be sent to National Headquarters tification cards at all times. The dis• THE UNSIGNED REPORT in the Jan. 1, 1957, Continental Times (now remember my father tip-toeing into by JU'Yl£ 6, 1988. No resolutions except crimination spreads into all areas known as Canada Times and published in Toronto) has a personal twist in that our hotel room at one or two in the emergen.ctL resolmions will be accepteq. of life in J apan-striking especially Wada's adventures had attracted Yasushi Yamasaki, later the publisher of the moming after a long arduous busi• aJter this1leadJine. Emergency resolu• cruel blows in the areas of educa• Continental Daily News (TairikuNippo) in Vancouver in 1001 which became the ness session. For my brother, tions must be submitted. by August 7, tion and job and social status (all largest Japanese vernacular in prewar Canada. mother, and 1, our trip to Portland 1988. Emergency resolutions must are related). While Wada's exploits prospecting for gold were assumed by the Japanese was fun and entertaitting; for my meet the criteria outlined in the pro• According to Hosokawa Profes• at the time (1900-1915) to be exaggerated, the thought that his successes could father. the trip was a week of hell. cedures sent to chapters. sor Nishio claim that Japan enjoys be duplicated crossed the minds of many adventurous Issei-most of them in With the Seattle convention ap• By the end of March, the National " ocial harmony ... that hould not their 2ns. One of these men was Yamasaki who got wind of the fabulous luck proaching, I want to remind JACL office will mail to chapters informa• be endangered by ... allowing an of Alaska Wada while working in the salmon industry at Skeena in the late '9Os. chapters and members of some im• tion regarding credentials, includ• alien underdass to enter the COltn• (DeArmond's account puts Wada spending his first three winters in Alaska and portant pre-convention information. ing delegate and proxy designa• try as immi g ra nts .~ Canadian Arctic from 1891 aboard an American whaler.) During February, all chapters re• tions, and chapter due . The deadline Why don't th Korean Japane e Yamasaki and his friends had purchased the usual tools and provisions ceived information on the various for aU chapter dues. delegate and proo.y imply go home'? But a we Asian that prospectors required and headed for Skagway, the mouth of the Klondike. awards and recognitions to be design.a.ti.ons, ami other credentials ?'e• American can identi(v with "home" Money, gold dust and liquor flowed in all directions there in wake of the Klondike granted at the National Convention. /tJted materials is Ju'Y/£ 6, 1988, sixty can b an Iu ive plac . For econd• strike. Unlucky, no doubt, at Skagway, Yamasaki ventured further northward , They include the Japanese Amer• days before the convention. Staff and thiI'd-g neratioll Korean Japa• to Seward on the Kenai Peninsula to pan for gold. Yamasaki later recalled to ican of the Biennium, the JACLer needs time to a s mble convention nese, Japan i home, and houldn't his friends in Vancouver, 'The only difference between Wada and myself is of the Biennium, the George J. In• information and send this informa• it be? A ian American, fighting that Wada struck it rich and I didn't" agaki Chapter Award, and the Edi• tion to the delegates thirty day be• racial inju tic in the United Stat As late as 1930, Japanese Canadian Issei had ventured on expeditions to son Uno Civil Rights Award. With fore the convention. Failure to sub• let u not won)' 0 much about the north in search of gold. One group met an Eskimo, this article notes, in "image," but addre ' the plight that Beaver, 50 miles south of Fort Yukon, who remembered the help of a generous the exception of the JACLer of the mit chapter credentials information .Japane p lOllS of 1\01 an ances• Japanese trader who had married one of their women in Point Barrow, Here, Biennium award, all award nomina• before the June 6, 1988, deadline try hav fac d for 0 m a ~ y 81 the Ron Inouye story comes into play. It's about Frank Kyosuke Yasuda (1868- tions must be submitted to their re• may result in a failure on our patt 1958), whose story was made into a prize-winning Japanese novel and a Toho spective committees by May 20,1988. to mail out conv ntion information movie, ALaska Monogatari,in 1978. JACLer of the Biennium award to that chapter in a timely manner. DA'ID '00 Please heed the June 6,1988, deadline. M mb rofJA L, eabl'ookhapter The Issei role in Alaska and the Canadian Arctic may be imbedded on ice nominations must be submitted by A . 23, 1988, as both the Awards . Oontinued on ptagt' ~ Princeton, N.J. but the pack is starting to melt Friday, March 25, 1988 I PACIFIC CITIZEN-5 No Reparations for Nisei Internees By James Kilpatrick It is all very well to say today that Now pending on the Senate's these citizens should have received calendar, subject to floor debate at fair hearings, but in the spring of any time, is a bad bill that comes to 1942 we were involved in a desper• us laden with good intentions. At a ate war for national survival. Due cost of $1.2 billion, the bill would process had to yield to the exigen• pay $20,000 each to those sUlviving cies of the dav. Americans of Japanese ancestry The Senate "bill describes the "sig• who were interned Oll the West Ili.Qcant human suffering" imposed Coast in World War n. The measure upon the interned families. ought to be quietly retired. Granted. But others . suffered It is not easy-it is probably hardship also: 292,000 died in battle, futile-to oppose the Senate bill. 615,000 suffered wounds. Total Only a heart of stone, it is said, could casualties exceeded 1 million. fail to be moved by the injustice vi- . . In looking back on those days, we sited upon loyal American citizens ought to take guidance from Lord 46 years ago; it is time to apologize, Macaulay. This was the precept of we are told; it is time to make that great historian: "As we would amends. have our descendants judge us, so Two generations have grown up we ought to judge our fathers. In since the Japanese launched their order to fonn a correct estimate of attack on Pearl Harbor. Today we their merits, we ought to place our• For Quakers: Nothing Is Too Small count the Japanese as friends and selves in their situation, to put out allies. In the winter of 1941-42 they of our minds, for a time, all that AMONG THE PAPERS issued by of Palau. That seems just fine, par• were enemies. Today it seems ab• knowledge which they could not the American Friends SeMce Com• ticularly for the Palauans. Their surd to imagine that the Japanese have and we could not help hav• mittee (AFSC), something caught my EAST Constitution, adopted in 1979, con• might have invaded California. This ing. .. It is too much that the benefac• eye: it was the word ''Palau.'' I WIND tains a nuclear-free provision which seemed not at all absurd at the time. tors of mankind, after having been looked it up. Situated east of the cannot be amended without an affir• In 1988 we scarcely can imagine reviled by the dunces of their gener• southern tip of the Philippine Is• Bill mative vote of 75 percent Well, it risks of sabotage and espionage. ation for going too far, should be re• lands and north of New Guinea are Marutani seems that there are forces working Reasonable men vividly perceived viled by the dunces of the next gen• the archipelagoes of the Carolines to amend the Constitution, the first them then. eration for not going far enough." and Marshalls, often referred to as step being to remove the 75 percent Acting upon these fears, Congress Rep. Bill Frenzel of Minnesota ''Micronesia'' Along with Peleilu, Congress of Micronesia A U.S. offer requirement Some suits were filed, authorized President Roosevelt to made the same point in the House Truk and Yap, Palau forms the of commonwealth status---a status threats reportedly made, people in• issue what became Executive Order debate: "What a funny way to ask us Carolines. If the names recall bat• proceeding with the Marianas-was jured and at least one killed, suits 9066. Pul'Suant to that order, the to rub ashes on our heads! The bill tles during WW2, your memory is on rejected in 1970 by the Micronesian withdrawn without consent of at commanding general of West Coast asks us to purge ourselves of some• target leaders. least some of the plaintiffs. Inciden• forces proclaimed Civilian Exclu• one else's guilt ,vith another gener• But first, to place matters into a So where does the AFSC enter tally, one of the threats was repor• sion Order No. 34- After May 9, 1942, ation s money." No penance, no pay• brief historical setting. into the picture, and why? tedly directed at the presiding more than 110,000 U.S. citizens ofJa• ments and no apology are required BACK IN 1885, the Carolines, Mar• IT SEEMS THAT, as as I inter• judge, a Judge Nakamura panese descent were to be uprooted The past is past Let it stay that way. shalls and the Marianas were preted the papers which caught my I WOULD ASSUME that in terms from their homes. They were taken claimed by Germany. After the out• eye, there is a movement underfoot of numbers or political leverage, by train to internment camps. There Kilpatrick e 1988 Universal Press Syn• break of WWl, Japan took control to establish what is refen-ed to as Palauans have little. According to they remained until the war's end dicate. Reprinted with pennission. AU .of the three archipelagoes; after the "Compact of Free Association" be• an item I saw, apparently there is a in 1945. An estimated 60,000 survive. right.<; reserved . conclusion of that war, the League tween the u.s. and the trust ter• community ofPalauans in Portland, of Nations turned over mandate to ritories of the Marshall Islands, the Ore., and they have sought to enlist The Myth of 'Military Necessity' Japan. After WW2, however, the ar• Federated States of Micronesia and the support of Sen. Mark Hatfield. chipelagoes were turned over by Palau. I glanced at the papers and The AFSC, through its Friends Com• By Ronald Takaki icans and for our Constitution, United Nations action to the U.S. it certainly seemed fair enough to mittee on National Legislation, pre• In his ''No Reparations for Nisei ''l.-easonable men"like Stimson him• There is a high commissioner ap• me: "free association" to be voted sented testimony to the Subcommit• Internees," James Kilpatrick be• self and President Roosevelt were pointed by the president of the upon by the indigenous folks and by tee on Asian and Pacific Affairs of trays his ignorance of the facts. His willing to make such a u-emendous United States, the commissioner Congress. Who could quan-el with the House Foreign Affairs Commit• argument against the reparations hole. maintaining his headquarters on that? And, anyway, who could care tee, in opposition to SJ. Resolution bill now pending in the Senate rests Significantly, in Hawaii where Saipan. There is a legislative body, that much about some little group 23, which would approve the com• upon the premise that ''reasonable military action did in fact take place with limited powers, known as the of islands in the South Pacific? pact In fact, the AFSC also SUbmit• men" after the Japanese attack on and where one would expect even Congress of Micronesia However, Well, the AFSC, for one. Why? I ted a petition to the Trusteeship Pearl Harbor "vividly perceived" greater concern for military security the various local entities of Micro• read on. Council of the United Nations. the "risks of sabotage and espion• l-elative to the large J apane-se popu• nesia have their own locally~lected UNDER THE COMPACT of this I must admit that I wonder about age." They saw the Japanese popu• lation (37 percent of the tenitory), governments, including a legisla• free association, the U.S. would as• the efficacy of all this. And then I lation in the United States as a mas internment did rwt occur. ture, which have preempted the sume responsibility for the defense think back to 1942. threat to our militaI"Y security and There General Delos Emmons the the mass internment of 110,000 Japa• military governor, was truly a nese Americans in concentration ''reasonable mem" 1\vo weeks after camps as a "military necessity." the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he de• Easy Generalizations Only Give Partial Picture Who exacUy wel-e these "reasona• clared in a radio address to the pub• I've just gotten around to reading often attempt to convey his ideas to ble men"? Actually the men who lic: "Thel-e is no intention or desire Occupation, John Toland's 1987 FROM THE you by misdirection, discossing de• made Ule internment decision knew on the pattofthe federal authorities there was no militai"Y need to to operate ma concentration novel based on the war crimes trials FRYING tails in a devious, toltuOU manner. He can treat you with exaggerated evacuate Japanese Americans from camp No person, be he citizen or in Tokyo after the Japanese surren• PAN der. I can't tell you how it all comes politeness in his home and rudely the West Coast President Franklin alien need worry, provided he is not out because there are a number of shove you aside to get into a train Delano Roosevelt, Navy Secretary connected \vith subversive ele• chapters yet to go. But I did run Bill where he'll take oll' his sho sand Frank KnOx, Secretary of War ments ... While we have been sub• across a fascinating passage about Hosokawa put his stocking feet 011 the seat in Henry L Stimson, Assistant Secl'e• jected to a serious attack ... we must the Japanese character and I hope front He has even been known to tary of War John J. McCloy, Provost remember that thi is America and T?la~d, who won a Pulitzer prize for assassinate a man and later Marshal General Allen Gullion, we must do things the American hi? hu;;tory, The Rising Sun, will not matter, God and man-all these op• apologize to the selvants fol' mes• and Lieutenant General John L De• way. We must distinguish between mmd if I share it with you. posing elements are harmoniously sing up the house." Witt all had access to then-confiden• loyalt;y and disloyalty anlong our These are the circumstances: united in a Japanese. That's why a Remember, McGlynn is talking of tial reports by the Office of Naval people." Chauey Snow, a young attorney who thing can be good and bad at the the prewar Japanese. Later in the Intelligence as well as the Federal Ironically, after Japanese Amer• knows nothing about Japan is sent same time. We Westerners think in conversation he says: "Beliefs Bureau of Investigation, which con• ican internment had been com• to Tokyo to join the defense team in terms of black at' white. This is how rooted in the Judeo-Christian b:adi• firmed Japanese American loyalty pleted on the mainland, General the war crimes trials. Seeking an un• I always explain it to my students: tion dictate that once you commmit to the U.S. and concluded there wa EnmlOns l-eplaced General DeWitt derstanding of the Japanese people, Western logic is like a suitcase, de• a crime, you must bear the conse• no need for mass removal of Japa• as head of the Western Command. she goes for help to Professor Frank fined and limited. Eastern logic is quences for as long as you live. nese Am.ericans. J. Edgat· Hoover, On Nov. 5, 1943, Assistant SecretaIy McGlynn, a Japan scholar attached like the juroshiki, that cloth the J apa• Oriental teachers, however, preach director of the F.B.I., infonned the of War John J. McCloy wrote EJR• to Gen. MacArthur's headquarters. nese carry for wrapping all sorts of that if yqB admit your wrongs, attomey general on Feb. 2, 1942, that mon : 'The situation in Califomia This is what he tells her: things. It can be large or small ac• apologize and atone for them, you the proposed internment of the Ja• is not the same (a in Hawaii). You "In even.day life, Japanese in• cording to needs, and afterward can can start. fl-esh. We Westerners al• panese could not be justified for sec• have no doubt become awal'~ oftlle stinctively practice the concept of be folded and put in the pocket" ways remember our errors and sins, urity reasons: IThe necessity of existence of active and powerful the contradiction of opposites, and Professor McGlynn goes on: "We but the Japane e is taught that his mass evacuation is based primarily minority groups in Callfomia whose the means of harmonizing with look at a Japanese and conclude en'ol'S are pl-edestined. He must upon public and political pressure main interest in the Wat' eems to them. Right and wrong, spirit and he's utterly inscrutable. .. He will cleanse himself of past mistakes, so rather than factual data." Even take th form of a de ire fol' p l'ma• he will be able to adapt himself to Stimson knew this. In his dial"Y, he nent xclusion of all Japan se,loyal • CONVENTION new possibilitie ." wrot on Feb. 10, 1942, before Pre - or di loyal. citiz 11 or alien, from th For The Record Of course it's impossible to ident Roosevelt signed the execu .. W st oast or at 1 a t. from Califol''' ' Continued from page 4 analyze Japanese thought in a few tive order nine day later: "The sec• nis ... Thi mean ' that con idera• Well, having said that, I think the A story that appeared on page one ShOlt paragraphs. Like all generali• ond generation Japanese can only tions oth l' tllan of 111 1 military Seattle convention will be an enter• of the March 11, 1988 P.C. entitled zations, McGlynn's contain eloments be evacuated either as palt ofa total n ces ' i~ ' uter into any proposal fot' taining event, or so the Seattle Con, "Bay Area Remembers E.O. 9066" of buth along with rath l' dubiou evacuation ... or by t\'ankly uying to the l' moval of the pre 'ent 1 'Iril'• vention Planning Committee prom• should have had a byline crediting conclusions. If nothing els , thes put them out on th ground that tion {th~ barring of Japancs' fhllll ises. My parents are even thinking its writer, Mark Jue. passages undel'Score th pl'Oblem of their racial characteristic are such de signat d military zones on the of going to Seattle for the conven, trying to undel'Sland cultures other that we cannot undOl tand or t111 t W ,t 08S0," tion. However, the irony is that if The photo caption that appeared than our own, a critically impoltant even the citizen Japalle e. Thi lat• they do plan to attend, I suspect that on the lower righthand comer of the mattei' when after four dl::cades of ter is the fact but I am afi'8id it will Ronald Takaki is Pl\~l~ 'vl'Qf. '/llll my parents will have a great time, March 18, 1988 P.C. gave the wrong peace the two nations still have dit: make a tremendous hole in our con• Allh~llt'all fIIdil's elf V ., Bl'l'kdl'Y. Hl' and I will experience one week of designation for H.& 3828, misiden• flcul~ ' understanding exactly why stitutional system to apply it" is origill(lllyf/tllllllaH'uii a lid It'(l~ Hot hell. tifYing it as H.& 3868. they have disagreements. Tragically. for Japanese An\el'- evacllort.'d during ""\'':? &:-PACIFIC CITIZEN 1 Friday, March 25,1988 • - ·0 -- - AALDEF Salutes Asian American Standouts By Teru Kanazawa Sheehan public acknowledgement" Describ• ing her activist work {)vp.r the> pa~t NEW YORK - Welcoming in the two decades, she concluded that year of the dragon, 4686, the Asian "people must fight for social jus• American Legal Defense and Edu• tice." cation Fund (AALDEF), on Feb. 11, Honoree Irene Natividad, chair of honored three Asian Americans, the NWPC, was introduced by Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, Japanese Elinor Guggenheimer who said, American redress advocate; Irene "Everyone talks of (her) as a great Natividad, National Chair of the Na• lady." tional Women's Political Caucus In her remarks. Natividad de• (NWPC); and Anthony M. Tung, scribed herself as a native Filippino Stewart Kwoh Stuart B. Shim member ofthe New York City Land• who has come to appreciate the gift ~ Stuart B. Shim, an MBA candi• gineer of the Year award which is Business District marks Commission. that American citizenship brings date from Cornell University in given annually by the Engineers & ~ U.S. Rep. Nonnan K. Mineta will This year marks AALDEF's 14th but added that "equal representa• Ithaca, N.Y. was honored with a Scientists of Milwaukee to a Mil• receive the National Air Transpor• year of operation as the city's pre• tion is still a dream and not a real• summer fellowship through Sony's waukee area engineer or scientist tation Association's 1988 Distin• mier Asian American legal rights ity." International Management Pro• in recognition of the distinguished guished Service Award on April 24.. organization. As Master of Cere• Councilwoman Susan Molinari in• gram in Tokyo. The fellowship in• contributions to the engineering The award will be presented in a monies Arthur Soong, AALDEF troduced Anthony M. Tung as a cludes a small stipend and housing profession. special ceremony during NATA's president, described it, the organi• "symbol of the fire-breathing dragon in Tokyo from June 1, 1988 to Aug. . ~ Usami Komatsu was recently 1988 Convention in Santa Clara, zation had "very humble begin• in New York City." Tung described 1, 1988. Shim is also a member of honored by the Los Angeles Area Calif nings." Even at the present time, he his year-long fight to remain a Council of the Boy Scouts of continued, the budget is "woefully member of the Landmark Commis• the New York JACL. ~ ~ Allen A. Asakura of Montebello, America with the Silver Beaver Reiko P. Uchida of TOlTance, small" and the organization must sion in the face of opposition from Calif, was among 40 persons hon• Award, the highest recognition a Calif, was one of 92 selected to par• depend financially to a great extent Mayor Koch, who attempted to dis• ored at the 1988 Man of the Year local Boy Scout Council can award ticipate in the final adjudications of on events like the annual awards place him in late 1986 for his "inde• Award Dinner held Feb. 17 in New for distinguished service to youth. the National Foundation for Ad• dinner, now in its sixth year. pendent" positions. Tung said his York City. Asakura, chief of the ~ Robert Ozaki,41, ofHonolulu, was vancement in the Arts' (NF AA) Arts eight years of selVice have taught earthquake division for the Los recently named chairman of Amfac Recognition and Talent Search. A host of city and state gov• him that "freedom of expression is Angeles Building and Safety De• Hawaii. Uchida, a keyboardis~ was one of ernmental figures were on hand to necessalY for truthfulness and partment, was cited for leading the ~ H. Cooke Sunoo of Los Angeles nearly 6,000 nationwide applicants. share in the festivities, including necessalY for good government" program that strengthened hun• was named by the Community Rede• ~ Stewart Kwoh, executive director two of last year's "Justice in Action" Soong later expressed apprecia• dreds of unreinforced masonl)' velopment Agency (CRA) as the new of the A ian Pacific American Legal award recipients, Philadelphia's tion to the dinner chair Fay Chew buildings before the Oct 1, 1987, Hollywood project manager on Center, wa appointed to the Board Judge Willianl Marutani and author Matsuda and the eight commitee earthquake in Los Angeles. The March 15. Sunoo, ~, was project of Los Angeles' Human Relation Michi WeglYI1. members, one of whom AALDEF award was sponsored by ENR, manager for the Little Tokyo Project Commi sion by Mayor Tom Bradley. National Coalition for Japanese outreach coordinator Lillian Ling, McGraw Hill's construction weekly. of the CRA and will now be in filling the vacancy created by the American Redress Chair William was given a birthday party. . ~ Dr. Thomas Ishii, P.E. is the 35th charge of CRA's largest redevelop• re ignation of commi sion member Hohl; presented the first award to AALDEF is entering its 14th year recipient to be honored with the En- ment project outside the Central John Saito. Herzig-Yoshinaga, who travelled all "doing well" according to program the way from the nation' capital to director Stan Mark. It pre ently ha attend the event Hohri summed up four full-time staffmembel includ• SCHOLARSHIP "Honorary Advisory Board" mem• "Regents of the University of his remarks, aying, "Without Aiko ing Executive Director ~Iargaret bers include Wanen Furutani, Los California." Donations, which are and her husband, Jack, there would Fung and nine people in rotation in Continued from page 3 Angeles Board of Education, Aiko tax-deductible. hould be sent to: not have been a 'new voice' in Con• its legal advice clinic. Herzig-Yoshinaga, National Council UCLA Nikkei Student Union Schol• gress, a cla action law uit, or the ble to Japanese Americans through . for Japanese American Redress, arship Fund, 3232 Campbell Hall . coram nobis ca e ." She wa . he con• A recent emphasi of the opera• various community organizations Don Nakanishi, UCLA School of L.A. CA 90024-1546. l: lUed, "our woman on the ground." tion ha been a move "beyond and churches, the NSU feels that Education, Dale Minami, attorney at Students interested in applying Herzig-Yo hinaga, holding up her ca ework to policy:' ay Mark. Re• there can never be enough money law and lead cow1sel for Fred Kore• for the cholarship should send a plaque, aid receiving the award dre and immigration are two of to support the education of our matsu, and Congressmen Robert elf..addres ed tamped envelope, I\'a a 'truly exhilarating experi• the i sue under focu and hand• youth. Matsui and Norman Mineta (both D• marked (AITN: Application ). to nee" and that he "never dreamt outs were well in evidence at the "A college education is extremely Calif). the above address as oon a possi• my acti itie would receive uch dinner. important for advancement in our The NSU also credits the JACL ble. society, and we must help to provide Pacific Southwest Di trict Council, For more information, calll the our youth with financial support if SCAN JACLand theJACLSelanoco UCLA Nikkei Student Union chol• SHORT&SMALLMENSWEAR I we expect them to become our fu• chapter for its monetary start-up a1 hip Fund, (213)825-7184, between ture leaders," stated Gann Matsuda, SUppOlt. 10 am. and 5 p.m., Monday through FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MAN. director of the NSU Scholarship Those wishing to donate to the F1iday; or call the UCLA Asian SuilS & Sport Coats III 34 . 44 Short and Extra-Short. also Dress Shuts, Slad~ ~an Wed.-Fri., 11 am-5 pm; Sat. & Sun. AgJ,!T I AARTrlll.S·T§j ° Americas Artists Cooperative is now in the erocess of Wadsworth Theatre. Tickets: $10, $6 ed' . selectinl ...anese me can", uartists. JAA COOPERATIve will assist artists in prepanng fimited 1-5 pm; closed Mon. Free. Parking: fi:O~ run~ 01 thell,r ~ork ~ . promote, publicize this showcase and sell their works. We are assembling the $3. Sponsors: Washington University for UCLA students with valid \.D. Pre• • a a se . eso f mited ElhtilO Catalogues, anation-wideoffering of Nikkel artto the public The worts to be sented by the UCLA Student Commit- ~clUded . WIll be of the. highest caliber but not necessarily all professional. we allow for the possibility of Gallery of Art, St. Louis and the Japan scovenng works by gifteil dllIdren and arrotllJrS worts of great vitality and o~inality Someworts be Foundation. Info: 213 825-9345. thMat of artists 'MlO are deceased if the heirs will mike the art kmwn to us. Oe:adIine lor the first cataI:re is ay 30, .1988, and the, second catalogue-3 mmths later. • Present-May l-"The Scenic Art of Research Analysis We Will be cmducting a llIC1enslve campailJl to publicize our artists prmlote exh i b~ their worts and Setsu Asakura," contemporary Japa• NEWMONT MINING rep3.tatlons . All artistslowryers who feel they (JIaljly and wish to be cons;dered are invited III write lor info nese Stage Design, Doizaki Gallery, ea 109 up to a free evaluation 01 their work. ~an AmericasAltists' COOPERATIVE will include all phases of NEWMONT GOLD COMPANY lart media. For free info and submission instructions, write to: Japanese American Cultural and AMERICAN BARRICK ,Japan Americae Artlllta'Coopenttlw, clo Japanne AmerIcan Cultural & Communlty Ceo- Community Center, 244 S. San Pedro The Cartin Trend tter, 244 So. san PedroSl. Suite 411, Los ""!lei ... CA90012; YukJolwamaaa, DIrector - St. Noon-5 pm daily, closed Mon. Investment Perspective With 8 color charts & maps Weekends, 11 am-4 pm. Send $25 to: • March 2lhJune 13-UCLA exten• PACIFIC CITlZEN'S sion's "Japanese Civilization," a sur• The Klonoff Co. P.O. Box 447 vey of the development of Japanese Los Altos, CA 94022 NATIONAL BUSINESS AND . culture and its relationship to the Asian - mainland, a 12-part series, 7-10 pm, REAL EST A TE AUCTION PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY Your BUSiness Card in e2ch Issue for 25 Issues In the P.c. Business 8< Professional Directory Is Mondays, 2160 Bunche Hall, UCLA. Fri., ~1I8, 1988 10:00 am J 12 per line, three· lines minimum. Large type ( 12 pt.) counts as two lines. Logo same tine rate. Instructor: Dr. Herbert E. Plutschow. DE TA, COLORADO For FREE BROCHURE Fees and other info: 213 825-2272. Bank ordered sale of 18 properties (5 G ~ r - ~~ or more information, realer Loe Aogelee Wat.80nville. CJdif. • March 29 & April 17-The Western absolute). Commercial, residential, In- mall c;oupon to: Region ~sian ~merican Project's "Pa• come Townhouse, Subdivision Lots, ASAHITRAVEL T N renting Issues: Child Rearing Prac• Industrial, 280 acres huntin9' A'bicul- Supenaven, Croap Dioco_... Apex.F..- om akase Realty ture, Development. Looate In elta, Cooapllleriaecl-BoodecI Acreage, Ranebes, Romeo, I.ocome tices," two free community education Montrose and Gunntson Counties. 1111'tV 0btaI01c Bhd ...... ADtJeIeo 90015 TOll! NAKASE, Realtor programs. March 29-7:30 pm, Ton• Low downs and excellent financing. (21$) 623-6125/29 .. Ca.UJoe OJ' Ct.dya 25 Cli(ford Ave. (408) 724-64 71 gan Seventh Day Adventist Church, Detailed Catalogues. Billiardt ~,,/;;V~ VideoGamea SanFranc~ ~ay ~ , 8025 Somerset Blvd., Paramount. DELTA AUCTION, ProlSales, Inc., t (United Bank of Delta) , . I KEIKO OKUBO P.O. Box 120, Delta, C081416 • - . , r1IIIii~ ')'Five &1lllion Dollo.r Club . . ' 39812l1liaaion Blvd.• (303) 874-9705 Career Opportunities 4335 'tV. Imperial U.,.. ~wood 90304 IFremont, CA 94539 (415) 651-6500 At The Pacific Citizen The Pacific Citizen, official publica• 1@-7FLOWERVIEWGARDENS(NOlaffilialedwith!.beVA .... anYCOv" Agr) tion of the Japanese American Citi• . . .(213)611-2965 i F1Owen, -c-.:..:r. 0 WlDe.t -,..:=,.DkkObayubi . _ DalyVETERAN 01YI6298 MiooiooSI.,HOUSING (415) CENTER 99J..2-l24 111111111111111111111111111f • FTD ~ oeB~;;j/1Vorld.ri.i':'~.. >an 3561 Creek. 2-lC).6600 zens League, a 27,000 member hu• J.-: Stev ..... BI, (408) man and civil rights organization, is 1 ~o loolN'. W.. lenaA ...... ADileIee90027 Sea I W--t.. seeking a full-time editor and a busi• 5-Employment 9-Real Estate , -i (2 13) 466-7373 1 Ai1 .t Jlia'ItO -. tt e, IlllIL ness manager to work in its Los HIRING I Federal goverrment jobs in your area Florida, Palm Beach CountY. Investment Proper• Dr. Darlyne Fujimoto JinpeRTal. Lanes Angeles offK:e. and ove:seas. Many immediale openings without ty. 83 acres In Wellington, FI. near Palm Beach FamIlY OptO..... Lry .t ~D'''''I '-- I. COI1\P~S1iop, ReoIa\U'1l11I, 1..0...,. EDITOR waiting Ust or test $15-68.000. Phone call rerund· Polo & CountryClub "Internationally Famous Polo 11420 SouthS.. Cerril<». CA 90701 12101.22nd A.." So Seattle (206) 325-2525 Duties will include managing edit>• able. (602) 838-8885, ext 8181 . -Equestrian Playground," This Is a rapidly devel• (213) 860-1339 ~. . .. - oping area of estate homes and equestrian prop• rial staff and taking prinary responsi• erties. Price $18,000 per acre. Contact: Michele bility for writing, organization and pro• SOCIAL WORKER INOUE TRAVEL SERVICE For Multi-Purpose Sen/or Center Wood, Terra Properties, Irt:., 450 Austrsllan Ava 1601 'tV. Redoado Beach Blvd, #209 duction of editorial material published Ste. 602, West Palm Beach, FL 33401 . . Cardentt, CA 90247\ (213) 211-1109 Check This Out! by the newspaper. Full-time, , MSW Required, experienced call: (305) 832-7506. OIlic:.,.1.0 Tokyo, J... _I Lima, Pen> Candidates must have a minimum Your business card or COP}' working WIth elderly preferred ' must be TATAMI &: FUTON of two years experience in editorial bilingual Japanese/English, HAWAII, KAUAI The Garden Island. in each issue iTt the management position with news or• .IIJ~18) 243-2754 ganization. Education in related field is Salary $19,000-22,000, commensurate V2 acre rim property. Prestigious location 1,_ • .J~V~ FUroN MF'!. PC Busine also a prerequisite. with experience. Send resume to overlooking Wallua River Canyon 3 Bed• TAMA TRAVEL INTERNATIONAL Prof, ional Direcrory room, 2 Bath Residence with Wet Bar Pool Applicant should have a working 'Land~ MarthIolpruhl TII.II1AOh1ro at 12 per line knowledge and experience with the Gail Uyehara, Yu-Ai Kai Patio, Guest House, Secluded, One WIIobI..o Bl.... SI .. 1012 Japanese American community. Japanese American Comrrunity scaped, Fee Simple $295,000. "A Precious ...... ~900111(213)622-4333 for a half year . Place" by (Nmer: M. Kano (808) 822-401 O. Applicant must furnish a detailed re• Senior Service, 565 N. 5th St., TOKYO TRAVEL SERVICE • sume, writing samples and profes• San Jose, CA 95112. I SSOW.6thSL N429 LARGER typ fa e sional references. Salary range : FLORIDA Loot AIopIeto 90014 (:lIS) 680-3S4S $25,000 to $35,000 per annum, plus (408) 294-2521. USA Estate. North East Florida Estate, ldaal per• oum a tWO lines. sonal/corporsta retreat. Irt:ludes 45 acrss, three YAMA')'O TRAVEL BUREAU Nn \=01')' ch\\nge cept for benefits. Closing Date: April 8, 1988 hom~s, 4 acre private lake, 90 faet on beautiful 51. 200 S San Pedro 51., N502 nnlll , "ddress .,~ tdephOJ,e . John 8 Riverfront. Fenced horse pasture ..... AnIfe .... 90012 (213) 680-0aaa BUSINESS MANAGER BOOKKEEPER $958,500 neg. for cash. ONner flnanolng. For bro: ne-time chargt (or your Duties will Include managing the Full-time bookkeeper to prepare finan• chura conlact: LG. Pale, Box 560, Orsngedale , ' Or8.118t' COmity lost> or artwork. business operations of the Pacific Citi• cial reports, prepare checks and de• Route, Green Cove Springs, FL 3204(3 . For more inlo, zen with an annual budget of approxi• (904) 824-0587. posit slips for banking, maintain re• Victor A. Kato ClUI' d)-ert; lUll Dept.: mately $500,000. Responsibilities inc• cords of such revenue and expenses (114) 841-1551 • ,E""epLionai Realulale lude supervision of business and on a database In the computer, and ii-Travel 17301 D".,,), Blvd., "wle 23 213/62 -69 bookkeeping staff, billing services, assist in budget proposals and gen• HUDIhIfJIOU Beac:b. CA 92M7 prepare monthly and quarterly re• eral office responsibilitieS. Knowledge ports, develop and implement an ag• of business accounting via computer Hunt Alaskas Big Game gressive advertising and typesenlng preferred, experience in lieu of college Fully outfitted fly in hunts In Alaskas program. degree acceptable, Starting salary: Applicant must have a minimum of2 Bush Country. Great success In the $12,000 to $20,000 per annum, plus taking of large and mature animals. years experience In management 0p• benefits, Send resume by April 30, eration in a news/media organization VHS photography of trip. Fly in and 988 Pacific Citizen, Personnel fish Alaskas clear water rivers and and appropriate educational back• ComrrliltEle, 941 E. 3rd St., #200, Los ground. ,lakes, Guided float trips lor anglers Applicant must submit detailed re• with excellent fishing In spectacular sume, and professional references. country. Trophy fishing for 10 species Salary range from $25,000 to $30,000 In the heart of The Bristol Bay Area. per annum, plus benefits. VHS photography of trip. All custom 2-Beautllul Ocean View & trips, AlaskB Big Game Hunting and Apply By April 30, 1988 Beach Hotel Sites Fishing tapes for sale. All travel and Pacific Citizen Personnel I-Malibu, CA $12,5 milllon-400 Rooms lodging arrangements made, Search Committee, 2-Mlaml Bch, Florida ALASKA BUSH ADVENTURES 941 E. Third St., Rm 200, $35 mll"on-1700 Rooms 610 W. 91 st Ave. Anchorage, Contact - Bob Mahoney Alaska 99515, (907)522-1712 Los Angeles, CA 90013 (213) 426-3198 ..;..a---.__·_ __DA_CI_FIC_C_ITI __~ __- _'_Fr_ldl...;.V;....,..~ ___Irc ...... _ h_2....,;.5._19_88 ___ ------fACL CHAPTER NEWS _____._- ______..·1..... ___J_A_C_L_P_U_L_S_E __ ~J ACLURecognizes San DiegoJACL

MARINA am-5 pm, the Nakaoka Community SAN DIEGO - In recognition of the ACLU, was keynote speaker of the 1988 West L.A. • Outing to Magic Mountain, March Center, 1700 W. 162nd St., Gardena. San Diego chapter's work in support Registration fee: $15, includes event which also presented an or• 26. Discount tickets available. Info: of the redress legislation now pend• ganization award to the San Diego Travel Program Allan, 213 262-2826. lunch. Info: Jimmy Tokeshi, 213 734- Administered by WLA Travel, Inc. 4273, or Trisha Murakawa, 213 822- ing in Congress, the American Civil Immigration Law Coalition. The co• MARINA/GARDENA 7440. Liberties Union (ACLU) of San alition was honored for helping to FOR JACL MEMBERS, • "Conquer the Bridge 8K Run" or• Diego and Imperial Counties hon• ensure that the legalization pro• FAMILY & FRIENDS ganizational meeting, 7:30 pm, SAN MATEO ored the chapter at it's annual Blll gram under the provisions ofthe Im• Airfare: LAX-TYO-LAX - $578 March 30, JACL PSWD office, 244 S. • 1988 Scholarship Program-the of Rights Dinner on Feb. 't:l at the migration Refonn and Control Act plus tax San Pedro St. '507, or call Shirley chapter will award freshman schol• Hotel del Coronado. of 1986 is implemented in San Diego Chami. 213 558-4255; Neal Nat• arships to deserving students from Marleen Kawahara, redress chair in a generous manner, consistent sumeda. 213 329-8034; or Deena the local area, with top applications for the chapter and Pacific South• with Congressional intent Koda, 213 318-5353. to be forwarded to National JACL west District Council, accepted the Individual recognitions went to HQ. Applications: Local San Mateo award along with Carol Kawamoto, Sol Price, a longtime advocate of NCWNPD County high schools and community chapter president Kawahara stres• colleges as well as from the JACL changes in the criminal justice sys• • "Decision making '88: A Leader• sed the need for "continued support tem to protect individual Uberties, ship Development Program," spon• Community Center, 415 South Claremont in San Mateo. Deadline: until redress reaches a just conclu• and to Linda and Carlos LeGerrette, sored by the Northern Californial sion." Western Nevada Pacific District April 1. Info : 415 343-2793. who have been active advocates of Council, April 23- 25, Sacramento Ira Glasser, national director of minority rights. • Travel Meeting: Mar. 20 Inn, Sacramento, Calif. Registration: VENTURA Movies, slides, fellowship renewal April 23, 5-7:30 pm . Fee: $50, in• • Singles Bowling/Breakfast, 8:30 with tour companions, and refresh• cludes Sunday lunch and dinner. am, April 10, Wagon Wheel Bowl, lo• ments, every third Sunday of the Info: Alan Nishi. 916 786-8166 (w). or cated at 2801 Wagon Wheel Rd. in '88 Chapter Board Elections month, 1-3 p.m., at Stoner Playground 916 753-5424 (h). Oxnard. All JACL members, family ClNClNNAT1 sec; Sharon 1keda-Q1an, treas: Jun Yamasaki, newsItr (i n the pool area), 11759 Missouri Ave. and friends welcome. Singles meet• ~ VIdourek, pres; Chie Weil, membr at Ig; Ed. • 1988 Grou_p Tours PSWD ing at 11 am, following bowling. Info: Mtzi Kato, sec; Berny 0Iwra, treas; Cathenne Yo• Board Merrbers-8en FOOJtane, 01iek0 Tahra, (Revised Mar. 11 , 1988) • "Japanese American Community: Stan Mukai. stikawa, membr dY; Derris Kale, ex officio; Ruth Mae Hirasula. Isabel Osnro, MaIy Am Utstmi, &. (Critical Issues-Critical Choices," a. Takeudl, scHrsi1> elY; Jacqueine ViOOurek, ole dele; Utstmi, 000lChy Nakagawara, Akiu> Tonyama, Jack # 8 Sendai/Ura Nihon Tour one-day conference, May 14, the Wes• Jo 0I, Gor- Nakashina May7-May20 Items publicizing JACL events should be 00n Yosh'kawa, newsItr. Ray Ishii, escort tin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles. typewritten (double-spaced) or legIbly hand• FRESNO # 9 The Historic East Tour Workshop topics include health, printed and mailed at least THREE WEEKS CLEVELANDJACL Donak! Kanesaki, pres; Kathy Soda ~ May 13· May 21 leadership, direction of JACL, polit• IN ADVANCE to the P.C. office. Please In• GaJy Yam, pres; SacHa Tanaka, pres eIec prog, 1st vP d.i1Jes; Him 1 ctY; Ken # 10 The Best of Europe ,man, racial discrimination, .malel newsItr; MaIy Chta, memtr. Suzi Nakashge, W¥I yawta, redr elY; EIen K1Jxlkawa, ole dele. Jun3·Jun 22 means; HatTy TakeIa, ~ Kanai, I'dday fair; Dcma Toy Kanegal, escort female relationships, coalition NakarneXo, heaJth fai"; Han< Tanaka, rea. IDAHO FALLS #11 Japan Summer Tour building, Asian stereotypes, J A com• Watanabe Speaks at Board 01 Diec:tors-AstiJe Honda, Suzi Nakashge, ~ SaI. newsItr, SuTi HiRla. involved in the community to Angeles, was the guest speaker at izIm, reM> asst ad; George IwakIDave Fli; WaltBI ~ , ~ ; Fra/i( Wala• the Ventura County JACL installa• av r1s: DaJgIas Urata, ins; MctirD YoshrTua. Jul13 -Ju128 for Asian Americans, April 30, 8:30 nOOe, awanis, reaql, Kd km I\nl; Pete tion Dinner, held Feb. 20 at the Ft.;• ~ . Masako Kobayashi, escort <*a. memtr. Kaz Mayeda, recr. Dave Maxon, Il.ma'l Lobster Trap Restaurant SPOKANE #12b Scandinavia & Russia r9JIs. Jul21 • Aug 11 JACLers were treated to DIABLO VALLEY Ben FIIU